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FZNT25 KNHC 062144
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NAVTEX MARINE FORECAST
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
444 PM EST FRI JAN 6 2017

...PLEASE REFER TO COASTAL WATERS FORECASTS (CWF) AVAILABLE
THROUGH NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND OTHER MEANS FOR DETAILED
COASTAL WATERS FORECASTS...

SOUTHEAST GULF OF MEXICO

.SYNOPSIS...A COLD FRONT EXTENDING FROM THE BIG BEND AREA OF
FLORIDA PANHANDLE TO NEAR TAMPICO MEXICO WILL RACE SE THROUGH
THE STRAITS OF FLORIDA SAT NIGHT WITH ITS WESTERN END REACHING
THE EASTERN BAY OF CAMPECHE. EXPECT FREQUENT GUSTS TO GALE FORCE
OVER MUCH THE NORTHERN GULF TONIGHT AND SAT AS WELL. WINDS AND
SEAS WILL GRADUALLY DIMINISH AND SUBSIDE FROM THE NW BEGINNING
LATE SAT...WITH A FRESH E BREEZE ACROSS THE STRAITS OF FLORIDA ON
TUE NIGHT.

...GALE WARNING...

.TONIGHT...S TO SW WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 2 FT OR LESS...
BUILDING TO 3 TO 4 FT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SCATTERED SHOWERS.
.SAT...NW TO N WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 6 TO 8 FT. SCATTERED
SHOWERS. 
.SAT NIGHT...N TO NE WINDS 25 TO 30 KT. FREQUENT GUSTS TO GALE
FORCE N OF 28N. SEAS 8 TO 11 FT IN NW TO N SWELL.
.SUN...NE WINDS 20 TO 30 KT. SEAS 8 TO 11 FT IN N SWELL. 
.SUN NIGHT...NE WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 6 TO 9 FT.
.MON...NE TO E WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 6 TO 8 FT. 
.MON NIGHT...NE TO E WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT. 
.TUE...E WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT. 
.TUE NIGHT...E WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. 
.WED...E WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. 
.WED NIGHT...E WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT.  

WITHIN 200 NM EAST OF THE COAST OF FLORIDA

.SYNOPSIS...A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL MOVE OFF THE NE FLORIDA
COAST EARLY SAT MORNING...REACH FROM 31N66W TO NORTH CENTRAL
CUBA SUN MORNING...AND STALL FROM 31N53W TO EASTERN DOMINICAN
REPUBLIC MON NIGHT. STRONG TO NEAR GALE FORCE SOUTHERLY WINDS
EXPECTED AHEAD OF THE FRONT WHILE STRONG TO NEAR GALE FORCE
NORTHERLY WINDS WILL FOLLOW THE FRONTAL BOUNDARY...WITH FREQUENT
GUSTS TO GALE FORCE ON SAT. 

...GALE WARNING...

.TONIGHT...S OF 27N...SE TO S WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. N OF 27N...SE TO
S WINDS 5 TO 10 KT...BECOMING S 20 TO 25 KT IN THE LATE EVENING
AND OVERNIGHT. SEAS 2 FT OR LESS...BUILDING TO 3 TO 4 FT AFTER
MIDNIGHT. 
.SAT...S OF 27N...S TO SW WINDS 15 TO 20 KT...SHIFTING TO W LATE
IN THE AFTERNOON. N OF 27N...W WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT.
SCATTERED SHOWERS. 
.SAT NIGHT...N WINDS 20 TO 25 KT S OF 27N...AND N 20 TO 30 KT WITH
FREQUENT GUSTS TO GALE FORCE N OF 27N. SEAS 6 TO 8 FT. SCATTERED
SHOWERS.
.SUN...N TO NE WINDS 20 TO 30 KT. SEAS 7 TO 10 FT IN N TO NE
SWELL. 
.SUN NIGHT...NE WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 7 TO 10 FT IN N TO NE
SWELL. 
.MON...NE WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 6 TO 9 FT. 
.MON NIGHT...NE TO E WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 6 TO 8 FT. 
.TUE...NE TO E WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 6 TO 8 FT. 
.TUE NIGHT...E WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT. 
.WED...E WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT. 
.WED NIGHT...NE TO E WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT.